Addressing the opening ceremony, Russian Ambassador toVietnam Konstaintin Vasilievich said that to many Vietnamese generations, Russianlanguage is not only a symbol of past struggle for independence and freedom butalso a tool for future development.
The ambassador thanked Russian language experts, translatorsand lecturers for their efforts to bring Russian culture and literature toVietnam and strengthen the mutual understanding between Vietnamese and Russianpeople.
Meanwhile, Director of the Russian Centre for Science andCulture Natalia Valenrievna Shanfinskaia said that the Russian Day was firstlaunched on June 6, 2011 on the birthday of Russian poet Alexandr SergeevichPushkin on June 6 under a decision of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
The event is a good chance for Russian language loverstojoin activities to support Russian linguists in Vietnam through pupularisingmodernteaching methods.
On the framework of the Russian Language Week in Vietnam,Russian linguists will join many seminars on the language and update new materialson Russian teaching methods.-VNA